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[Souji's in the diner, sitting at one of the booths. At the edge of the shot is a half-eaten order of french fries, because sometimes he actually eats the things he cooks. Quality assurance. You know how it goes.

He looks thoughtful as he addresses the network.]

I've been here a while. Over time, I've kind of come to like it. I don't feel like it's urgent to go home anymore.

[He frowns.]

I miss home. But I don't really mind being here.

[The words Stockholm Syndrome come to mind, but he's not going to say them.]

So...why is it you want to leave? Or stay, if you'd rather do that.

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[Armin hasn't been here for very long. Still new enough that just being in the Mansion itself (nevermind the events) is a lot to take.]

Isn't it quite normal to want to go home? After all, we were brought here without our consent. No matter how comfortable this place might appear, I don't think there can be anything good in it if we were forced to come here.

[It is suspicious, okay.]

It depends on the situation at home. Like...if your world is just a bad place to live, or if you're dead at home, being here might be better.

[He's thought a lot about this.]

But I also wonder if Wonderland doesn't have some effect on us that over time makes us more willing to be here.

Is it really better if you are not given a choice? I understand that some worlds can be hard to live in ['Hard to live in' is an understatement when describing his own world] I just cannot help but question the motives behind bringing us here.

It seems there are several people who wouldn't mind staying here. Why is it that whatever brings us here cannot simply return the people who do not want to stay? They'd still retain plenty, it would seem. What are their motives behind bringing us here in the first place?

I guess, to me, as long as I cannot answer questions like that, I don't feel this is a good place to stay in.

[It is a matter of trust and control.]

I understand. Not knowing can make being here difficult. You constantly feel like you're under attack by something you know nothing about.

[Attack might not be the right word, but it seems to fit, to him.]

After a while, those kinds of questions stopped bothering me so much.

I haven't been here long enough to be able to judge this, but would you say that that happens to everyone? That they, at some point, stop being bothered by their presence here?

[Because that could certainly point to some element of Wonderland making them all complacent. Which is just additional layers of skin-crawling.]

I wouldn't say it happens to everyone. But everyone doesn't stay the same length of time. A person who's here a year might find it easier to hold onto the drive to change things than a person who's been here three years.

[After a while, it's just hard to sustain any level of momentum on something like trying to circumvent the way Wonderland works.]

And people have different predispositions. Some are just more willing to accept things than others.

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